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Between The Headlines
Reporting for N.EW.S India from Bangalore, This is Satyabhama Menon .
Satyabhama Menon is N.E.W.S India s latest entrant on Karnataka s reporting battleground. She is chasing stories with a vengeance, all set to get into India s best reporters league.
But is telling a news story on TV as simple as it looks? And what about Ram Kedia, the senior news editor and Satya s arch nemesis? Will he let her work on the field in peace?
It s not just seeing herself on TV that s making Satya s heart skip a beat though. But caught up in the world of Devdasis and politics, maha-monsoons and grimy crime, will Satya get a chance to indulge in some romance?
For more on that, come join Satya on her journey as a TV reporter in Between The Headlines.
Satyabhama Menon is N.E.W.S India s latest entrant on Karnataka s reporting battleground. She is chasing stories with a vengeance, all set to get into India s best reporters league.
But is telling a news story on TV as simple as it looks? And what about Ram Kedia, the senior news editor and Satya s arch nemesis? Will he let her work on the field in peace?
It s not just seeing herself on TV that s making Satya s heart skip a beat though. But caught up in the world of Devdasis and politics, maha-monsoons and grimy crime, will Satya get a chance to indulge in some romance?
For more on that, come join Satya on her journey as a TV reporter in Between The Headlines.
176 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2012
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About the author
Shweta Ganesh Kumar
15 books147 followersShweta Ganesh Kumar is a writer, blogger and creator of the modern Indian parenting blog ‘The Times Of Amma’,and 'Inkspire' - the digital platform for aspiring Indian writers. She was awarded the prestigious UN Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in the Blog – Web Category for 2017 for my article, "WhyThe Phrase "Boys Will Be Boys" Is Damaging Our Sons" published in Women's Web.
She was featured on the BBC World Service's award-winning show 'Conversations' to talk about online parenting communities and Indian Mom Blogging. Shweta has written multiple fiction books for adults, working with publishing houses like Srishti Books and Good Times Books.
Her children’s book ‘The Tiffin Gang’ for Pratham Books was featured in the New York Public Library's World Literature Festival in April 2021. Shweta's latest book for Pratham Books 'At Home', focused on children living through the pandemic and was featured in Dr. Bhau Daji Lad museum's first online session for children at home.
She is based in New York City where she lives with her husband, children and dog.
She was featured on the BBC World Service's award-winning show 'Conversations' to talk about online parenting communities and Indian Mom Blogging. Shweta has written multiple fiction books for adults, working with publishing houses like Srishti Books and Good Times Books.
Her children’s book ‘The Tiffin Gang’ for Pratham Books was featured in the New York Public Library's World Literature Festival in April 2021. Shweta's latest book for Pratham Books 'At Home', focused on children living through the pandemic and was featured in Dr. Bhau Daji Lad museum's first online session for children at home.
She is based in New York City where she lives with her husband, children and dog.
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June 18, 2012
Between the headlines is everything the book blurb and the publisher claim to be – it is the journey of a TV reporter – her life and times. Unlike recent genre of books by Indian women – this is not a chick lit with juicy, eye-grabbing story about love life. Love figures, but it is not the focal point of the book. Focus always remains on the work life of a TV reporter.
Satyabhama Menon has just moved from Delhi to Bangalore as a TV reporter for new, upcoming N.E.W.S India channel. Like all journalism students, she has dreams to make a difference – and make it big while doing so. (I know because I was one myself longtime ago.) However, she realizes in a competitive business like TV journalism, talent is not the only factor that takes you places. There are small, asinine things as pesky bosses or input teams, office politics, jealous colleagues and of course TRPs that always govern the priorities. TV reporter, especially a budding one, remains a small cog in the network.
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Satyabhama Menon has just moved from Delhi to Bangalore as a TV reporter for new, upcoming N.E.W.S India channel. Like all journalism students, she has dreams to make a difference – and make it big while doing so. (I know because I was one myself longtime ago.) However, she realizes in a competitive business like TV journalism, talent is not the only factor that takes you places. There are small, asinine things as pesky bosses or input teams, office politics, jealous colleagues and of course TRPs that always govern the priorities. TV reporter, especially a budding one, remains a small cog in the network.
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July 30, 2012
Quick wit, breezy read, a brief insight on a journalist's life, a girl's struggle to wiggle in time for love and family.
February 11, 2014
..and also on the blog Between the Headlines
'Between the headlines' is an easy simple read. Despite the machinations of the plot, the diverse swinging emotions and the turns the story takes, the author, Shweta Ganesh Kumar has kept the narration going at a pace that's comfortable, easy to follow and engaging.
The story is that of Sathyabhama, a young aspiring journalist who as any other aspiring career driven youngster goes through the difficulties of realizing the realities of their dreams. She comes into town full of idealistic views on creating a niche for herself, but instead gets rebuffed at different times, which in turn helps her grow. She learns her way around, some by destiny and some by sheer hard work and by failing and trying again, and we find ourselves rooting for her as the story goes along.
The author touches upon drama, emotions and situations in life without stressing too much on any and yet covering each enough to impact the story well. There is romance with her lost-childhood friend, jealous colleague, the unfair higher boss, the understanding immediate superior, the supporting cameramen and more who would groom her through the time.
What particularly fascinated me was the behind the scenes (and much close to the truth as one can get, I'd imagine) take on the TV industry. The ruthlessness with which stories were cut, framed and tweaked to satisfy the ratings and the popular big wigs, both shocked and made sense to me. It was a sad reality that I was introduced to and I hated the situation for what it became to be. There were parts that rung autobiographical, and on going back and reading the blurb on the author, it seemed to all fit in :-)
To me, it was a simple, hard to put down, page-turner. Something that very few Indian authors have managed to bring about. There are colloquial Kannada words, the setting and language is Indian style, something that will take a chapter or two to get used to (only because I have lost touch with reading Indian authors) but it meshes well together.
Shewtha Ganesh is also on Goodreads and blogs < a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... . A short quick shoutout to her and the publisher for being gracious enough to mail me a copy of the book across the seven seas for my reading pleasure and review. This review has been long overdue and I have to blame the kids, the husband and my own cranky love affair with fitness and I know am vindicated!
Do grab a copy and read. It's not your usual cup of tea!
'Between the headlines' is an easy simple read. Despite the machinations of the plot, the diverse swinging emotions and the turns the story takes, the author, Shweta Ganesh Kumar has kept the narration going at a pace that's comfortable, easy to follow and engaging.
The story is that of Sathyabhama, a young aspiring journalist who as any other aspiring career driven youngster goes through the difficulties of realizing the realities of their dreams. She comes into town full of idealistic views on creating a niche for herself, but instead gets rebuffed at different times, which in turn helps her grow. She learns her way around, some by destiny and some by sheer hard work and by failing and trying again, and we find ourselves rooting for her as the story goes along.
The author touches upon drama, emotions and situations in life without stressing too much on any and yet covering each enough to impact the story well. There is romance with her lost-childhood friend, jealous colleague, the unfair higher boss, the understanding immediate superior, the supporting cameramen and more who would groom her through the time.
What particularly fascinated me was the behind the scenes (and much close to the truth as one can get, I'd imagine) take on the TV industry. The ruthlessness with which stories were cut, framed and tweaked to satisfy the ratings and the popular big wigs, both shocked and made sense to me. It was a sad reality that I was introduced to and I hated the situation for what it became to be. There were parts that rung autobiographical, and on going back and reading the blurb on the author, it seemed to all fit in :-)
To me, it was a simple, hard to put down, page-turner. Something that very few Indian authors have managed to bring about. There are colloquial Kannada words, the setting and language is Indian style, something that will take a chapter or two to get used to (only because I have lost touch with reading Indian authors) but it meshes well together.
Shewtha Ganesh is also on Goodreads and blogs < a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... . A short quick shoutout to her and the publisher for being gracious enough to mail me a copy of the book across the seven seas for my reading pleasure and review. This review has been long overdue and I have to blame the kids, the husband and my own cranky love affair with fitness and I know am vindicated!
Do grab a copy and read. It's not your usual cup of tea!
October 15, 2013
Another GoodRead from Shweta Ganesh Kumar.
The second book of the Trilogy of "Travails of a news reporter" has started off with Satyabhama Menon starting off in her new location as a news reporter in a completely different ambience compared to her previous office. Her travails continued here also as she was completely immersed in all those kinds of reportings which had no relevance to social responsibility but only to increase the TRPs of the channel. Again under the pressure of her superiors. Though the satisfaction of being in her dream job prevailed, the dissatisfaction of not doing what exactly is more upon her concious mind ultimately leading her to take a decision of quitting her dream job and joining an NGO which is more into dealing with societal problems and later finding solutions to those problems by liaisoning with appropriate authorities.
Beautiful reading experience taking through in and out of how difficult is to be a reporter in a news channel, otherwise thought to be a glamorous job when viewed from out of the newsroom.
The second book of the Trilogy of "Travails of a news reporter" has started off with Satyabhama Menon starting off in her new location as a news reporter in a completely different ambience compared to her previous office. Her travails continued here also as she was completely immersed in all those kinds of reportings which had no relevance to social responsibility but only to increase the TRPs of the channel. Again under the pressure of her superiors. Though the satisfaction of being in her dream job prevailed, the dissatisfaction of not doing what exactly is more upon her concious mind ultimately leading her to take a decision of quitting her dream job and joining an NGO which is more into dealing with societal problems and later finding solutions to those problems by liaisoning with appropriate authorities.
Beautiful reading experience taking through in and out of how difficult is to be a reporter in a news channel, otherwise thought to be a glamorous job when viewed from out of the newsroom.
May 25, 2012
A role model for young people: Television journalist turned author Shweta Ganesh Kumar -- http://goo.gl/jD7ou (The Reading Room).
October 13, 2016
Stretched over a period of almost a month, I finally finished this book. That shouldn't be a reflection on the quality of writing, but my own inability to manage my schedule.
There are a few glitches here and there, typos, grammatical errors and so on. Despite that, the story is solid, most likely autobiographical.
The story does not offer any insights on life or people. Nor does it strive to shock you with ideas. But the narrative is clean, plot is simple and sticks to the point, for most part, which in my opinion is hard to achieve.
There are a few glitches here and there, typos, grammatical errors and so on. Despite that, the story is solid, most likely autobiographical.
The story does not offer any insights on life or people. Nor does it strive to shock you with ideas. But the narrative is clean, plot is simple and sticks to the point, for most part, which in my opinion is hard to achieve.
January 31, 2013
A simple linear autobiographical story: http://www.anureviews.com/between-the...
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